New Year, New SwiftKey: Keyboard App is Now Faster and Smaller After Latest Update

SwiftKey announced a big update for its keyboard app this morning, one that should have performance increased across the board by a whole lot.

According to its blog post that details the update, the keyboard should, on average, be 20% faster than other keyboard apps when loading and as much as twice as fast on first load after a phone restart. Additionally, the size of the app has been trimmed and upon internal testing, lag has been reduced by as much as 50% on most devices.

Here’s a look at the details.

That Freshness

SwiftKey is on average 20% faster loading than our closest competitor across a range of devices, and as much as twice as fast on first load after a phone restart.

SwiftKey has the smallest app install size on fresh install – without sacrificing features or functionality – on some devices this is as much as half the size.